seeing with american media is that payments were made as directed by the president. this is the allegation to suppress news stories to help donald trump be elected president of the united states. all we've seen out of the mueller investigation has sort of been tangental to the president. paul manafort the crimes are about him and not the president. this gets close to the door step of the white house. >> inside the white house, white house officials are trying to avoid the topic. they know if you bring up michael cohen with the president he goes on a rant about how his former lawyer is a liar. when it comes to the russia investigation they don't want to get close to it or hire a personal attorney. they are also uneasy it's mayor giuliani on the outside being the lone spokesman for the entire administration on these matters and they see coming down the pike house democrats with subpoena power maybe not even going after the russia aspect and the halls for president trump but trying to maybe